MFOS Sound Lab II or Sound Lab Ultimate if you can solder, and if you can't there are some already built on Ebay and Etsy. There's also the Pittsburgh Synthesizer Block for $300, Doepfer A-111-5 (Dark Energy module) for $500. And then there are all the cheap CMOS and NAND oscillators that are great for drones and soundscapes.

Soundscapes, to me, are always sounds that change dramatically over a long period of time. This requires a synth with a ton of mod capabilities, but also a pretty decent filter. I'm assuming you have your Delays/Reverb fx covered. $600 and under, you're looking at a few vintage polys, and a lot of VA synths.

I always suggest the an1x, but you have that already...so what are you using it for? That's its biggest strength. Especially by adding those very human FreeEG modulations. The Blofeld will cover everything as well.

I can't believe that's your live rig. That sounds like a f**k nightmare. I'm sure it sounds cool though.

Jabberwalky wrote:Soundscapes, to me, are always sounds that change dramatically over a long period of time. This requires a synth with a ton of mod capabilities, but also a pretty decent filter. I'm assuming you have your Delays/Reverb fx covered. $600 and under, you're looking at a few vintage polys, and a lot of VA synths.

I always suggest the an1x, but you have that already...so what are you using it for? That's its biggest strength. Especially by adding those very human FreeEG modulations. The Blofeld will cover everything as well.

I can't believe that's your live rig. That sounds like a f**k nightmare. I'm sure it sounds cool though.

I need to go through my AN1x and decide which sounds I want to overwrite. For the longest time it was my only synth with a proper, tempo synced arpeggiator, so it was used primarily for that and very sharp leads. I hate to say, but I ignored this thing as a soundscapes machine, with a few exceptions. I think it's time I get back into using that Free EG again. Or maybe I should just buy ANOTHER AN1x

Oh, and it is a nightmare to take with me. It takes two cars to fit the synths, my bags/cases, stands, and PA. To top it off, I generally don't get paid for my gigs.